Packaging linked to products
Create packaging recipes for finished items and attach them to multiple products, so teams know exactly what packaging is needed when production runs.
Production Management
Production planning, from demand to stock.
Plan from orders, forecasts, and stock targets; scale recipes to the required quantity; and carry ingredient, costing, product, packaging, and lot data into the work that follows.
What it does
Plan production without spreadsheets, whiteboards, or guesswork.
Streamline brings customer orders, standing orders, forecasts, current stock, par levels, and maximum stock limits into the production view. Planners decide what to make, then generate recipe totals and recipe cards for the work.
Instead of working from whiteboards, spreadsheets, printed sheets, and last-minute order exports, production teams can see what needs to be made, when it needs to be ready, and what ingredients and packaging are required.
Overview: Streamline ERP connects demand, production planning, recipe management, inventory depletion, lot traceability, product information, and packaging, so production works from the same records used by ordering, purchasing, stock, and fulfilment.
Consolidate demand and stock targets
Set the quantity to make
Generate recipe cards and mixes
Record output, lots, and ingredient use
Hand finished stock to fulfilment
Why it matters
Give production one reliable plan and a clear exception path.
Streamline keeps the demand, recipe, product, ingredient, and stock records used by production in one workflow. Teams see the quantity required, the recipe behind it, and the records that need to be completed before finished stock moves on.
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Plan from actual demand
Combine customer orders, standing orders, forecasts, current stock, par levels, and maximum stock limits before setting the quantity to make.
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Schedule work ahead
Use item and recipe lead times to surface requirements before the delivery or production date that depends on them.
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Scale by recipe rules
Apply yields, production buffers, units, and machine-capacity settings, then split larger requirements into workable mixes.
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Cost the product
Use ingredient quantities, units, yields, and recorded material costs to calculate recipe and finished-item costings.
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Keep product data attached
Carry nutrition values and allergens from maintained ingredient records through the recipe and into supported label workflows.
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Include packaging demand
Link packaging recipes to finished items so materials, stock, and cost requirements remain part of the production picture.
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Close production accurately
Record weight made, storage location, lot number, and use-by date when a completed recipe is marked Done.
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Update the next team
Completed production depletes ingredient stock, updates finished inventory, adds replenishment needs, and preserves the traceability handoff.
Production planning
Know what to make before the mixing starts.
Streamline gives production teams a live view of order demand, current stock, par levels, forecasts, and maximum stock limits. Teams can plan production at a glance and move from order demand to recipe, label, inventory update, and traceability record.
- Plan production from wholesale orders, standing orders, and forecasts
- View order quantity, current stock, par levels, and forecast demand
- Set production quantities and generate the right recipe
- Mark production done and update inventory
- Add ingredients used to shopping lists automatically
- Create traceability records as production is completed
Connected to orders
Customer orders flow into production planning, helping teams make the right products at the right time without re-keying data.
Connected to inventory
Production uses ingredient inventory, updates stock, and helps purchasing understand what needs replenishment.
Recipe management
Recipes that scale with production.
Streamline stores recipe stages, ingredients, instructions, units, yields, production buffers, costings, and links to finished items. A recipe may use raw materials, catalogue items, and other recipes, keeping each production layer connected.
- Store raw materials, sales items, and other recipes as ingredients
- Generate recipe cards with the actual mix to be made
- Split recipes into multiple mixes when quantity exceeds machine capacity
- Call sub-recipes when recipes or items are used inside other recipes
- Respect lead times for recipes used as ingredients
- Calculate costings, nutrition facts, and allergens from recipe data
- Configure recipe card templates by recipe
Costing follows the recipe
Ingredient quantities, units, yields, and material costs remain tied to the recipe used for production and finished-item costing.
Different recipes, different rules
Use flexible recipes for doughs, soups, or sauces; fixed-output recipes for unit-based products; and baker’s percentage recipes for hydration-based doughs.
Nutrition & Allergens
Product data that follows the recipe.
Streamline calculates nutrition facts from ingredient values and carries recorded allergens from ingredients through to recipes. Human-food producers may enter nutrition data manually or use supported regional food-composition databases before producing finished-product labels.
Ingredient-led allergen data
Allergens set on an ingredient carry through to recipes and supported labels. The result depends on accurate source-ingredient and production-environment records.
Nutrition labels by recipe
Set serving size directly or derive it from item weight and pack size, then use maintained ingredient values and recipe quantities to generate the nutrition label.
Packaging Recipes
Plan packaging as part of the finished product.
Streamline keeps packaging materials inside the product workflow. Teams may create a packaging recipe, attach it to multiple finished items, and include its materials, stock, and costs in production planning.
Packaging costs and inventory
Keep packaging-material costs and inventory alongside ingredient requirements so the finished product reflects more than the contents alone.
Production to packed goods
Keep packaging connected to production, finished goods, and label workflows so teams can move from bake to pack with fewer manual steps and less guesswork.
Shared packaging rules: When several products use the same packaging set, one attached recipe keeps the material requirement together. Teams maintain the underlying material, cost, and inventory records so planned requirements stay current.
Customer reviews
Real feedback from bakeries using Streamline for production and recipes.
Streamline’s strongest public production proof comes from wholesale bakeries with daily recipe, reporting, packing, and route requirements. These verified reviews show how the system supports recipe management and the production reports used by operating teams.
Recipe management, labelling, nutrition, and audit trail support.
“Low Cost, Feature Set, Recipe Management, Customer Online Ordering, Constant Improvements / Updates / Bug Fixes, Accounting Software Integration, Open to Development Work Specific to our Needs, Natasha Law Labelling with Automatic Use By Date, Nutritional Information generated from ingredients / recipes, Friendly support team, Audit Trail so you can see when things happen if something goes wrong,”
Production reports the team relies on every day.
“It is the backbone of the bakery, we rely on it for creating all our production reports and driver routes.It has all the feature we need as a wholesale bakery (60 to 100 stops per day)”
Complete feature list
Production management features in Streamline.
Production planning Production scheduling Wholesale order demand Standing order demand Forecasts Par levels Current stock visibility Maximum stock limits Recipe cards Batch scaling Machine capacity handling Ingredient usage Recipe costing Nutrition facts Allergen matrix Packaging recipes Packaging inventory Packaging cost tracking Traceability records Inventory depletion Production reporting Cut and shape reports
FAQ
Production management questions, answered.
How does Streamline decide what needs to be made?
The production planner combines customer and standing orders with forecasts, current stock, par levels, and maximum stock limits. Teams review that demand and set the quantity to make for the required date.
What happens when a requirement exceeds mixer or machine capacity?
Streamline may split the recipe into equal mixes, a maximum-capacity mix plus the balance, or quantities set manually. The chosen rule keeps the total requirement while producing workable batch sizes.
What happens when production is marked Done?
Streamline depletes the recorded ingredients, adds replenishment needs to the shopping list, and records finished output details such as weight, storage location, lot number, and use-by date. If ingredient stock is insufficient, the recipe cannot be completed until the shortage is reviewed.
How are nutrition facts and allergens produced?
Nutrition facts use the values maintained for recipe ingredients, while allergen records carry from ingredients into the recipe. Serving size, item weight, pack size, units, and source data must be set correctly before labels are published.
Which operations are the strongest fit for this workflow?
Streamline’s production and recipe workflow suits order-driven food and beverage producers, commercial kitchens, prepared-food operations, and wholesale bakeries. Confirm any industry-specific formula, label, quality, or regulatory requirements during scoping.
Related features
Production management connects to every other part of Streamline.
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